Teachers and Lecturers for Contemporary Miniature Art
This listing was originally compiled by Caroline Hayes in 2010 and has been updated by Wes Siegrist as possible. Please notify this site if you find information to be out of date or to add!Do you know of miniature painting classes in your area? Please contact Wes to have them listed here!
ONLINE GROUPS
- Miniature Art Forum on Yahoo Groups (free)
- Joan Willies organizes the Miniature Club and will answer questions and monitor the progress of your work by email.
See The Miniature Club
Wes Siegrist lectures on the history of miniature art at the R.W. Norton Art Gallery with a backdrop of 16th century tapestries
WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS, LECTURERS
AUSTRALIA
Aileen McLeodPrivate and small class groups are held at 2/10 Keefers Glen Mardi 2259 Central Coast N.S.W Australia
Contact: artygal@westnet.com.au
www.mcleodart.com.au/index.php/astudio
Ku-ring-gai Art Centre, Bancroft Park, Recreation Avenue, Roseville NSW 2069
Tel: +61 9413 9771
Fax: +61 2 9413 1226
Email: artcentre@kmc.nsw.gov.au
www.kmc.nsw.gov.au
Martina Matussek
Professional Private Arts Training
For more information please contact Martina on martina.matussek@bigpond.com
Evelyn Antonysen
Art at Allsaints, Leith Road, Forth [next to the Bridge Hotel], Tasmania
Hours: Sundays 10am-4pm or by appointment
Forth Art Studio/Gallery, 51 George Street, Forth, Tasmania
Hours: most weekends or by appointment
Tel: 6428 2675 or 0419 282673
Joan Humble
101, Channel Highway, Taroona, Tasmania 7053, Australia
Tel: 03 6227 8112; E-mail: humble@internode.on.net
Janet Matthews
P.O.Box 1400, Narre Warren, Victoria 3805
Tel: 03 8790 4215/0418 546 554
Email: janet@matthews.alphalink.com.au
Daytime and evening classes, teaching all subjects in graphite, coloured pencil, pastel and pen and ink.
Monthly masterclass workshops on Fridays and Saturdays.
Website: matthews.alphalink.com.au
Edward Dyas
PO Box 659, Stawell, Victoria, Australia 3380
Tel: +61 03 53590349
Email: dyas@keypoint.com.au
Tracy Hall and John Beach demonstrate at the 2012 Exhibition of the Hilliard Society
UNITED KINGDOM
Aza AdlamTeaches miniature painting workshops at The Bristol Folk House; Earnley Concourse near Chichester; West Dean College near Chichester and at Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire.
Aza gives talks to art groups on miniatures and also arranges "taster" workshops [materials provided] mostly in the Southwest area.
Aza Adlam, 19 St. Werburgh's Road, Bristol, BS2 9XZ
Aza Adlam
Jean Canter
Runs miniature painting courses at West Dean in East Susses
Pauline Denyer-Baker
Teaches miniature painting classes twice a year at Earnley Concourse in West Sussex
For further information contact info@earnley.co.uk or Pauline Denyer-Baker
Phillippa Tremlett
Personal tuition at her home near Grantham.
Gillie Hoyte Byrom
Barton House, Woodland, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7LN
Email: gillie@byroms.co.uk
45 minute lectures on the subject of enamel portrait miniatures from a technical perspective, including range of work, techniques and how to create a portrait.
Barbara Valentine
Miniature painting classes weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1pm-3pm
Battle Community Centre, Battle, East Sussex
Book via Claverham Community College, Adult Education Department, North Trade Road, Battle, East Sussex TN33 OHT
Tel: 01424 775375
Coryn Taylor
Coryn teaches mainly teach Oils and watercolour, but has experience in most media. Coryn teaches twice a year at Earnley Concourse in West Sussex
Email: info@earnley.co.uk
Coryn also gives private tuition to either groups or individuals, preferably in the Kent and Sussex area. Contact email coryn@macdream.net
Wes and Rachelle Siegrist demonstrate miniature painting techniques to the public during the 3rd World Federation of Miniaturists Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in 2004.
UNITED STATES
Melissa Miller Nece
Weekly classes in colored pencil, oil and acrylic that can include individualized instruction in miniature techniques. Occasional workshops in miniature techniques are offered.
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida
Tel: +1 727 298 3322
Wes and Rachelle Siegrist teach miniature painting techniques during the 2011 Artistic Designs Gallery Miniature Art Show Workshop
Lectures, Workshops and Demonstrations
Email: siegrist@artofwildlife.com
Tel: +1-865-448-2044
Website: www.artofwildlife.com
Wes Siegrist is the Miniature Artists of America Historian and the author of Modern Masters of Miniature Art in America and regularly lectures on the subject of miniature art history as well as miniature art societies. Periodic workshops are held and noted on the artists' website.
Barbara Stanton
Ongoing miniature painting classes on Friday evenings - 3 hours session.
Barbara's art classes are held at the Bothwell Art Center, 2466 8th St. Livermore, Ca. 94550
Tel: +1 925 373 9638
Email: microangelo@earthlink.net
www.barbarastanton.com/classes.ivnu
Joan Cornish Willies
Joan Cornish Willies Studio, 1726 St. Croix Drive Clearwater, Florida 33759
Tel: +1 727-797-4461
Email: joan@joanwillies.com
www.joanwillies.com
Weekly classes at Joan Cornish Willies Studio in Clearwater, FL.
Classes include instruction in miniature technique in all sizes, traditional, realistic painting encompassing a variety of subjects.
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This website, art-in-miniature.org, was established May 1996 by Caroline Hayes. As of June 2012, it is maintained by Wes Siegrist. Images on this website were used by permission by Caroline Hayes and/or Wes Siegrist.
Photos of MASF Exhibitions courtesy Wes Siegrist; Photos of Hilliard 2012 Exhibition courtesy Tracy Hall; Photo of Wes Siegrist lecturing at R.W. Norton Art Gallery courtesy Rachelle Siegrist; Photo of the Siegrists demonstrating at the Smithsonian courtesy George Siegrist; Photo of the Siegrists demonstrating at Artistic Designs Gallery courtesy of Laura Tesdahl